Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

216 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

It is to be noted that the number of patentees increased
during the war, especially in I905.
The manufacturing industry in this country suffered much
from shortage of labor, but succeeded in its efforts to increase output by improvement in organization and a better
use of machinery. When one million fighters were released
from military service after the war, they were employed for
the extension of industry. Indeed, the rapid strides in
manufacture were largely due to the abundance of capital
and to the employment, in the newly promoted enterprises, of
labor released from the war. The established industries,
through an economy in labor, could be conducted by workers
who were never called to the colors.
AMOUNT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS
In this section we propose to see how the output of factories
was affected by the war. Although the statistics at our
disposal concern only a portion of our manufacturing industry,
yet they will serve to indicate the general trend of the increase or decrease in production.
FLUCTUATIONS IN MANUFACTURES, I902-1907
Spur cotton
(Amount of Textile Porcelain LacquerYear ginned fabrics Sake Soy and earthen- ware
cotton) ware
Kanme Yen Koku Komu Yen Yen
902............. 44,286,547 I47,I47,098 3,309,312 1,763,7IO 6,911,301 5,588,466
I903............ 45,521,389 134,006,795 3,615,046 1,859,165 6,975,542 5,371,424
I904............ 40,157,040 123,436,268 3,153,402 1,765,973 6,733,568 4,477,274
I905............. 50,516,514 I53,233,99I 3,792,56I 1,932,492 8,821,544 5,559,868
906............. 53,079,596 210,355,66I 4,167,721 2,074,008 13,385,982 6,809,605
I907............ 54,421,017 228,240,393 4,368,977 2,122,911 12,940,658 7,561,084
Year Japanese Foreign Figured Raw Bleached Oil
paper paper mats wax wax
Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen
1902............. I4,159,670 7,I50,024 4,960,487 2,252,489 1,396,903 9,314,113
1903............. I2,413,231 7,171,835 5,262,974 4,301,247 2,722,799 8,078,547
I904............ I3,543,837 101,434,904 4,I35,097 3,166,617 1,810,523 7,266,I80
1905............. I3,722,228 II,059,089 4,079,509 4,635,210 2,728,763 8,899,512
1906............. 15,480,680 14,157,736 4,548,299 4,027,142 3,343,618 11,613,683
1907............. I9,506,013 12,477,230 4,726,165 3,I5I,570 1,357,977 I0,943,560